CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al. v. JAMES EDMOND et al. (2000)

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CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al. v. JAMES EDMOND et al. |
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Term: 2000 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 3, 2000 |
Decided: November 28, 2000 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
Dissenting |
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al. v. JAMES EDMOND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 2000. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 2000.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Indiana
- Respondent type: Private person
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 531 U.S. 32
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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